The Saudi Peace Plan

In 2002 a Saudi peace plan was put forth and endorsed by the Arab League, including the Palestinians. Even a Hamas spokesman accepted it (San Francisco Chronicle, April 28, 2002). The Saudi Plan "offered full recognition and integration of Israel into the region in exchange for withdrawal to the 1967 borders, yet another version of the longstanding international consensus that the US has blocked" (Noam Chomsky, "Hegemony or Survival" p. 169). Returning to the 1967 borders means that Israel would encompass 78% of Palestine, whereas the original UN partition allotted 53% to Israel.